As medidas de segurança e a necessária reinserção do doente mental infrator ao seio da sociedade: uma análise crítica da situação da cidade de Juiz de Fora/MG

Abstract

This study is essencially aimed to discuss the Brazilian security policies, particularly those concerning the adjustment of mentally ill wrongdoers back into the community. It looks into the definition and basic principles of such policies, in an attempt to understand the precarious conditions of the country´s custody and mental treatment hospitals. However, it seems fair to mention that, in spite of problems, such as, prejudice and lack of public investments, it should be pointed out that some progress was achieved in the country´s public policies through the creation of the so-called CAPS – Psychosocial Attention Houses and the Terapeutic Residences, which proved to be efficient in health recovering and the re-socialization of mentally ill wrongdoers. Finally, it describes the situation in the city of Juiz de Fora, M.G., by showing how precarious the judicial madhouses used to be as opposed to the good job now carried out by the Psychosocial Attention Networks, which plays a remarkable proactive and preventive role, as regards the social reinsert-íon of mad wrongdoers back into the community. It should though be said that much still needs to be done about the issue, not only in the city of Juiz de Fora, but also throughout the country.